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THE PLAY 1834 The Henty Family at Portland Victoria
REAL EVENTS------REAL PEOPLE
AIM: A large English Family, after sending some sons and Servants (50) to Perth, then migrated to Tasmania, just when Land, that had to be purchased from the Government, became very expensive. The situation for the Family in Tasmania, and very unprofitable conditions around the Swann River land near Perth , made the Henty family desperate to find good land elsewhere. The land around modern day Portland seemed ideal.
A SIMPLE PLAY TO ENCOMPASS ALL the CLASS. SHOULD OCCUPY 3 classroom periods only. 1 Signposts and Taste READINGS.by TEACHER 2 Select the PLAYERS. 3. Enjoy the PLAY. HOW: JOBS to be done: 1. To include ALL THE CLASS..A job can be found for ALL.
TEACHER READ: With possibly Some light discussion to follow. 1. SIGNPOSTS to Early Australian History and the Play Setting. 2. Get a “TASTE of our early PEOPLE.” SELECT: 1. Actors and Actresses. MAKE SIMPLE: Uniforms or Clothing. Use a LARGE name SIGN.
SIGNPOST to EARLY AUSTRALIA. TEACHER’S use. Until the 18th century, most people in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, lived of the land Britain had a population of about 5.7 million in 1750. Most people worked in an agricultural existence, defined by harvest seasons and the social elite, until along came Roads—Steam Engines—Railways—Canals—Factories and Mills, usually powered by Coal. James Watt, Scottish Scientist developed efficient Steam Engines. Trade within the British Empire became very important. Small holding (farms) peasant families, gave way to ”Capitalist Large Farms.” The legal act was called the “INCLOSURE ACTS. Open fields and common land began to be swallowed up. The displaced Peasants had to get day labour somewhere, or commence stealing to live. That gave rise to the overwhelming people sentenced to death for some 230 crimes at its peak. It also gave rise to sending convicts to Australia, when America won its Independence from Britain.
TASTE of our early PEOPLE TEACHER’S use Thomas Henty, whilst being a Gentleman farmer, also inherited money. His large Family, and what they would do in later life occupied his thoughts a great deal. King George of England and Captain John Macarthur from Parramatta, rated his Sheep and Farming methods very highly. Particularly the flocks of Spanish Merino Sheep that gave such a ‘fine’ class of wool, that suited the Manufacturing Mills of England and Scotland.. Henty also formed, with several others, a small Rural Bank. However after conversations with Captain Macarthur and William Wentworth, who was in Britain at the time, he decided that emigration to Australia was the best thing for his large Family. He selected the area known as the Swan River in Western Australia near modern Perth. The Land would be given free to settlers. The British Government was trying to put a ring of settlements around Australia so that it would hopefully discourage the French from occupying parts of Australia
POTENTAIL PLAYERS as HISTORICAL CHARACTERS: Act 1. Act 2. Act 3.
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